south africa
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    Movies

    Catch a Fire (2006)

    An apolitical black South African (Derek Luke) becomes a freedom fighter with the ANC after a brutal...

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    Duma (2005)

    A boy (Alex Michaeletos) finds adventure in South Africa when he tries to return his beloved cheetah...

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    In My Country (2005)

    An American reporter (Samuel L. Jackson) and an Afrikaans poet (Juliette Binoche) meet and fall in...

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    People

    Winnie Mandela

    Winnie Mandela appeared in TV shows such as South Africa: Steps Toward Freedom, Sun City, and...

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    Zoop in Afrika

    A group of young rangers travel to Africa to protect the wildlife, but things do not go as planned.

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    The Long Run (2001)

    A controlling coach (Armin Mueller-Stahl) trains a spirited South African woman (Nthati Moshesh) to...

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    Long Night's Journey Into Day (2000)

    Filmmakers Frances Reid and Deborah Hoffmann document four cases of racial violence that took place...

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    Amandla! A Revolution In Four-Part Harmony (2003)

    Filmmaker Lee Hirsch chronicles the role of music as a means of protest against apartheid in South...

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    Cry Freedom (1987)

    Editor Donald Woods (Kevin Kline) fights apartheid with activist Steve Biko (Denzel Washington).

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    Untamed (1955)

    A Boer leader (Tyrone Power) loves an Irishwoman (Susan Hayward) on a trek through Zulu country in...

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    A World Apart (1988)

    A 13-year-old girl (Jodhi May) responds to taunts and her activist mother's (Barbara Hershey)...

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    Boy Called Twist

    Abandoned at an orphanage, a boy (Jarrid Geduld) runs away from his fieldwork job and joins a gang...

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    Mandela (1997)

    Filmmakers Jo Menell and Angus Gibson chronicle Nelson Mandela's rise from tribal leader to...

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    Proteus (2004)

    An interracial gay love story set in early 18th century South Africa about two men -- a black...

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    The Wilby Conspiracy

    A South African policeman (Nicol Williamson) tracks an activist (Sidney Poitier) and an Englishman...

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    Bunny Chow: Know Thyself

    Three friends get more than they bargained for while on a trip for fun.

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    Sarafina! (1992)

    A South African student (Leleti Khumalo) joins the anti-apartheid revolution in her township of...

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    War Photographer (2002)

    Filmmaker Christian Frei follows photojournalist James Nachtwey in Kosovo, Indonesia, Palestine and...

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    Red Dust

    Police officer Dirk Hendricks (Bartlett) files an amnesty application for Alex Mpondo (Ejiofor), a...

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    Gold (1974)

    Financiers use the foreman (Roger Moore) of a South African gold mine in their plot to jack the...

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    We Are the Elephant

    Film examines the development of black resistance in South Africa in the 1980s.

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    Lived in Quotes

    A hard hitting look at the political and racial tensions in South Africa.

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    Too White For Me

    Nick Broomfield documents musician Chicco Twala's efforts to promote a Tracy Chapman concert in...

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    Movies

    Countdown to Freedom: Ten Days That Changed South Africa (1994)

    An inside view of Nelson Mandela's successful campaign for the presidency of South Africa.

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    Angels in the Dust (2007)

    Marion Cloete and her family give up a life of privilege to establish a village that proves shelter,...

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    Round-Up Time in Texas (1937)

    A singing cowboy (Gene Autry) and his sidekick (Smiley Burnette) herd horses in South Africa.

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    Gandhi My Father (2007)

    Centers on the son of Gandhi, the spiritual leader of India.

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    Movies

    The Cape Town Affair

    South African agents look for top-secret microfilm picked up on a bus by a purse snatcher.

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    Jerusalema

    Young hoodlum's rise from a small-time criminal to a powerful crime entrepreneur during the...

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    Movies

    Invictus (December 11, 2009)

    A look at life for Nelson Mandela after the fall of apartheid in South Africa during his first term...